Lord Mawhinney – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Mawhinney on 2014-04-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the new trustees of the Royal Palace at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, were announced; and who has been appointed.

Baroness Randerson

On 24 March 2014, a press release was issued stating “The Northern Ireland Office and Historic Royal Palaces are pleased to announce that they have today signed a contract confirming that Historic Royal Palaces will take over responsibility for management and presentation of Hillsborough Castle as planned, with effect from 1 April 2014.”

No new trustees were appointed specifically to Hillsborough Castle, but details of the current trustees of Historic Royal Palaces can be found at:

http://www.hrp.org.uk/aboutus/whoweare/currenttrustees.

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